The main use cases for OutSystems involve being part of a COE in my company where we explore multiple low-code technologies. I have been part of three projects in OutSystems and have done lots of PO fees, and currently, apart from my project, my colleagues in the COE team are also working on different OutSystems projects. We have a good number of OutSystems-certified developers in training, and we mostly have enough projects and continue to work on OutSystems projects while I have also been working in the Power Platform for the past year.
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OutSystems facilitates rapid application development and effective project management
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What I find valuable about OutSystems is that it has a very good learning curve for developers. Within two weeks, we can gain knowledge in OutSystems, and it is very easy to learn. With my background being .NET, OutSystems is straightforward to learn, which is beneficial. Developing applications in OutSystems is good, and the flexibility allowed by OutSystems for application development is excellent compared to my experiences with other low-code technologies, where I've faced some challenges. The clean separation of concerns in the architecture provided by OutSystems is a key benefit compared to other platforms.
OutSystems integrates with our existing tech infrastructure and provides flexible integration. If we want to integrate with third-party services, OutSystems has SOAP and RESTful services that allow us to consume external services, integrate with external databases such as SQL or Oracle, and includes integration studio for writing custom .NET code. After developing a .NET component, we can reference it in service studio, creating a reference file that makes integration easy. OutSystems officially supports various integrations and also includes an API discovery tool for consuming and exposing services, providing a lot of information about incoming URLs, similar to how we use Postman.
What needs improvement?
From a development perspective, everything in OutSystems is fine, but we must be very careful about the architecture when creating any new modules. It is crucial to be aware of which module corresponds to which application in real-time projects, as there are multiple applications. OutSystems does support tools to help categorize components across different layers, but enhancing features related to architecture would be beneficial for accommodating new changes more easily in our existing applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using OutSystems products since 2021, and we have established a partnership with OutSystems because some of our company's clients want to know more about it. We were supposed to get some projects, but unfortunately, we didn't secure any with OutSystems. I got trained in OutSystems and became certified, but I didn't get a chance to work on OutSystems projects initially. I have good experience with OutSystems since I have known it from 2016, got certified, and since joining Entity Data in 2019, I have been working with OutSystems for four to five years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
OutSystems provides a lifetime environment which includes development, QA, and production environments based on the license type chosen. For deployment, once applications are done, everything is taken care of automatically by OutSystems, handling dependencies and modules efficiently when publishing to respective environments. The reliability of OutSystems is good as it continuously checks health statuses and points out any issues that arise, which allows us to take actions accordingly. So far, I haven't encountered any performance or deployment issues. If we decide to publish in the cloud, options such as Amazon, GCP, or Azure are available.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
OutSystems applications are scalable. They can be deployed vertically and horizontally, supporting as many deployments as needed. If we want to scale by adding new frontend servers, OutSystems provides those features due to its cloud-based nature. If additional environments are required, we can easily contact OutSystems to procure more servers, and increasing the number of end users and internal users is also possible, albeit at additional costs.
I haven't faced significant challenges or complexities while scaling applications with OutSystems. Based on the license we have chosen, I've leveraged all the available environments without encountering difficulties. There may be complexities if scaling is attempted beyond our current environments, but I haven't personally experienced any issues as we are very specific in how we utilize our license.
How are customer service and support?
I evaluate OutSystems tech support as not specifically dedicated but rather abundant in resources. Many helpful videos and documentation are available on the OutSystems site, making it relatively easy to learn the platform. If someone encounters issues, OutSystems has a community where questions can be posted, and many developers and resources can provide guidance and assistance.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Setting up the OutSystems environment is straightforward once you obtain the license. You only need to download one file, which is the integrated development environment, Service Studio, and afterward, provide your environment name, user ID, and credentials given by OutSystems. After logging in, you can easily use OutSystems. However, if you want to install the lifetime server, it requires careful setup and can be tedious, needing a well-configured server.
What about the implementation team?
In the project I am working on, we have three developers in India, all acting as senior developers, with a total of six environments including one development, one QA, one UAT, and three for production. In Spain, we have about five to six architects and other personnel involved, while the main team, located in the US, includes over 12 to 15 people in total.
What was our ROI?
Using OutSystems for application development leads to significant time-saving, cost-saving, and resource-saving benefits. For instance, developing a project in traditional technologies such as .NET might take about eight months and require ten resources. In comparison, developing that same project in OutSystems can be completed in around 40 to 50% less time, requiring only six resources.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm not completely certain about OutSystems pricing, but they provide trials and various standard and premium packages. The initial license may allow for only one development and one production environment with limits on internal and external users. Subsequent users can be added at an additional cost per user; exact pricing details can be found on the OutSystems site.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
The pros of OutSystems compared to competitors include its ability to develop applications quickly, allowing us to bring them to market in a shorter timeframe. We can take a concept and develop it within one week or a few days. Even citizen developers can create components, although some technical background is required. The cons involve delays in project timelines primarily due to the time taken in requirements refinement and challenges faced when adding new features, making it somewhat complex to manage and maintain applications as they grow in scale.
What other advice do I have?
I received a message from LinkedIn regarding PeerSpot with notifications about wanting to know details about how exactly the low-code platform works. I highly recommend OutSystems because it is a robust and rapid application development platform with a less steep learning curve. Developing applications from scratch is easy, and while other low-code technologies are good for smaller applications, OutSystems is particularly effective for enterprise-level applications. I rate OutSystems 9 out of 10.
Great tool for non-tech industry fighting for scarce tech talents
What do you like best about the product?
OutSystems has provisioned all necessary toolbox required for a full stack development pipeline, saving significant manhours in setting up, maintaining and finetuning CI/CD pipeline, conducting performance monitoring, and software code review. This is great news for non-tech industry that is trying to digitalise its business, as we are fighting for scare talent with digital native giants, and outsystems allows us to build and scale with rather small tech resources.
What do you dislike about the product?
The new ODC has yet matched all functionalities of existing OutSystems 11.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OutSystems has been the backbone of our company's back office digitalisation, which includes transformation of our HR, Finance, Corp Logistics, and many other corporate "highway" processes. It creates significant cost saving and user experience improvement in our back office eco-systems.
Start making enterprise apps in no time!
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use; The ability to integrate with existing systems and databases is very well implemented; Lovely default UI and excelent customer support as well as an extensive comunity of peers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The licensing options could be a bit more flexible
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're using Outsystems to update very old applications as well as building mobile apps to support our industrial processes.
Delivers projects faster with reusable components and integration capabilities for improved efficiency
What is our primary use case?
I use OutSystems with many of my customers, especially in the banking and insurance sectors, to manage internal business processes in a more efficient way.
What is most valuable?
One of the valuable features of OutSystems is the very small lead time for the delivery of projects. OutSystems offers a lot of reusable components and solutions that I can simply drag and drop and use, which has a significant impact on project delivery time.
The integration capabilities have benefited my customers by providing many connectors out of the box, allowing for the integration of external applications or business applications.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see more integration between the use of artificial intelligence to speed up the process delivery time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with OutSystems for one year.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of OutSystems is not easy. It is a very heavy application that requires a lot of hardware and software resources. I would rate it as a seven out of ten due to the need for huge machines to use OutSystems.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the overall solution as a nine out of ten.
Very innovative and a good community where its very hard to not succeed.
What do you like best about the product?
Its very user friendly, its easy to use. Also the integration from back end to front end is simple you have all acces in 1 application.
And another big pro is that the time that it cost to build an application is way less then building it in high code.
Last but not least the community is very good. You can ask your questions and you will get fast replys, a lot of people are ready to help.
And another big pro is that the time that it cost to build an application is way less then building it in high code.
Last but not least the community is very good. You can ask your questions and you will get fast replys, a lot of people are ready to help.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing was its sometimes less flexible with building things in your front end.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its very efficient in time. And that means we got more money to spend. Because now we can build applications in less time we can guarentee more productivity to our business.
Rapid and dynamic development in a relatively short-period
What do you like best about the product?
- Dynamic UI developments: The ease of implementing the wishes of the business into the system easily thanks to various widget options.
- BPT processes: The ability to quickly adapt complex business structures and rules to the software.
- Integration: Easy integration with different internal and external systems. SSO, AD connector, API, SOAP, etc.
- Community & Forum: With a large and active platform community, there is always support for challenges and never get stuck.
- BPT processes: The ability to quickly adapt complex business structures and rules to the software.
- Integration: Easy integration with different internal and external systems. SSO, AD connector, API, SOAP, etc.
- Community & Forum: With a large and active platform community, there is always support for challenges and never get stuck.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Performance issues in complex applications: The platform works well for applications in general, but performance issues can arise when dealing with very complex systems. Such as slow load times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is very difficult to produce software that adapts to the rapidly changing world of the business with classical coding methods. OutSystems facilitates and accelerates this adaptation. In addition, the business processes between internal departments are very complex and each department has different requirements. OutSystems helps to ensure that these business processes are well executed, automated and accelerated.
Powerfull, but easy
What do you like best about the product?
It has a lot of the freedom you have like with regular developing. But with the addes bonus that you don't have to learn a lot of languages and it takes some of the work load off of you, with automated stuff.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you don't have previous coding experience, it can be a lot to learn, because of the many feautures.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy creating complex software.
OutSystems: Fast and Secure, but Pricey
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about OutSystems is that it's fast, secure, meets various compliance requirements, and allows for complete and rapid development.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike about OutSystems is the high license fees and the limited number of users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OutSystems solves the business problem of rapid development, allowing us to quickly adapt to market changes. Building within the platform is also intuitive, which enhances our efficiency
Strong low-code platform that easily integrates with other systems
What do you like best about the product?
Strong platform that easily integrates with other applications in our landscape. Increased speed of development, easily create proof of concepts.
What do you dislike about the product?
Only full applications can be transported to the next environment (unless you use feature toggles), so if you have developments that need to be moved but other developments that are not yet ready, this cannot be moved separately.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OutSystems is our go-to platform for in-house development of applications. Also use to createa user-friendly layer on top of our other (legacy) systems.
Solution Architect
What do you like best about the product?
Built In Features, Ease of deployment, Quick Integrations
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of Branching VCS, No Enforcing of Architecture Patterns
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rapid Change to the evolution of Market, Hiring resources that are not so technically skilled
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